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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Big Rice Crop on M.i. Area

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

A 56,000 ton rice harvest has just been completed in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, announces the Rice Association…

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New Season's Wool Auctions

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 1

It has been announced by the National Council or Wool Selling Brokers if of Australia that the opening wool auctions for the 1947-49 season will…

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"Scotty" Baxter Says Farmers O.K.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 5

The fight made by the farmers of Weethalle and district against adversity, is something to be proud…

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72 Years Old Farmer Pulls Up Stakes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 5

Mr. Harry McGarry, one of the best known and popular farmers in the Weethalle district, says he will…

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"Best for Years" Weethalle Farmers and Graziers Jubilant

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 5

"It is the best rain we have experienced for many years. It arrived when it was needed most."…

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Farmers Have to Work Hard

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 6

The life of a farmer is not all it is cracked up to be, particularly if there is mallee on the property!…

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Wheat Harvest Bags from India

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

Enough bags had been purchased from India for the whole Australian wheat crop in the coming season, but because of transport…

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Meat for Britain 6768 Sheep Treated at Daroobalgie

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 9

The total number of sheep and lambs killed and treated at Daroobalgie Meatworks under the Meat for Britain appeal on Wednesday reached 6768…

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Cattle Dearer At Tuesday's Forbes Sale Bullocks to £22

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 3

Edward Weaver and Co. report that the Associated Agents yarded about 140 head of cattle at the regular sale on Tuesday, 15th inst., this number…

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FINED £15 For Stealing Galvanised Iron From Red Bend Wheat Stocks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 1

The postponed case against Leonard Johnson, 36, a single man, charged with stealing 51 sheets of galvanised iron from Red Bend…

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U.S. INFLUENCE On the World's Wool Position Assisting European Recovery

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 11

The most forceful influence on wool markets and markets for most other products at present is the United States. American…

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The Archangel Gabriel Could Not Solve Wheat Plan Mr. E. Field's Views

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 3

"If Archangel Gabriel brought down a plan for the marketing of wheat, many Australian wheat-growers would oppose it," said Mr…

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Record Fruit Crop Expected in Orange

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

There is every likelihood that fruit production in the Orange district will reach record proportions this year. Good rains since…

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Wheat Harvest Arrangements for Handling

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 1
Also in The West Wyalong Advocate

Plans for handling the coming Wheat harvest were constantly being reviewed, in consultation with rail and shipping authorities…

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Opening Wool Sales in Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd. write:—It has been announced by the National Council of Wool…

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Team of Farmers on World Tour; Rural Bank Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 4

The U.S.A., Canada, and Great Britain will be toured by three New South Wales farmers under a plan of the Rural Bank of N.S.W. An economist will…

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American Wool Tariff Wool Federation Decision Opposed by Wheat-growers' Union

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 4

The Wheatgrowers 'Union of N.S.W., at its annual general conference just held in Sydney, dissociated itself from the recent decision…

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Wool Broking President

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 1

Mr K. Sinclair Smith, who has been re-elected president of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia. He is…

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Sheep Show and Gymkhana Forbes Exhibition on September 6 Programme Arranged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 1

At its meeting on Friday night, presided over by Mr. Wallace Meares, Forbes P. A. and H. Association furthered arrangments…

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